 School for Life is to break the cycle of poverty by advancing education for underprivileged students, families and communities in need.
One of the most critical aspects of any educational experience is the quality of teaching and the learning culture promoted. Today, PeopleStories is proud to share the final key element f School for Life... “Quality of Learning” The Cambodian government has brought significant progress in education with great results particularly in primary schools, where enrollments have increased from 83.8% (1992) to 96.4% (2012). However, the need to improve student learning further is evident! Worldbank’s research in 2010 indicated that 33% of primary school students could not read and 47% of literate students could not comprehend what they read. School for Life will be enhancing the quality of learning at Chear Smonn School as follows: -Regular coaching groups to improve academic learning as well as life skills -Further development of teachers’ skills to strengthen quality of teaching -Upgrade school facilities to accelerate learning -Initiate events and activities to build a learning culture Do you want to help these underprivileged students to gain better learning opportunities? Email us at contact@PeopleStories.net to lead the change. Source: http://bit.ly/2tIZnmF
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 School for Life – Better in school, better in life!
Many families that live close to Chear Smonn School in Cambodia are poor and struggle to put food on the table let alone buy school supplies for their children. PeopleStories is committed to make School for Life a success. Today, our focus is on the 3rd key element of School for Life, “School Supplies” We recognise the need and importance of students having sufficient school supplies to complete their education including stationary, uniforms, bags and books. The aim of “School Supplies” is to provide students with the essential school supplies to succeed at school. Do you want to help these underprivileged students to acquire the much needed school supplies? Email us at contact@PeopleStories.net to lead the change.  School for Life aims to inspire, engage, educate and motivate families and communities to advance education.
We believe education starts at home! Family and community play a key role in the upbringing of children. Their support and guidance is particularly imperative in helping and encouraging children to complete school. PeopleStories is proud to introduce the 2nd key element of School for Life, “Family and Community Support”. Strong support from home will not only help underprivileged students to become educated, but will change their lives as they gain greater employability and create a brighter future for themselves. PeopleStories is excited to partner with Chear Smonn Junior Secondary School in the rural area of Cambodia. School for Life – Better in school, better in life! Stay connected for how you can get involved! Email us at contact@PeopleStories.net to lead the change!  School for Life – Better in school, better in life!
If our mission is to break the cycle of poverty by advancing education for underprivileged students, families and communities in need, what do we need to do and how do we do it? PeopleStories is proud to introduce the 4 key elements of School for Life this week. Here is the 1st key element… “Bike for Life” School for Life is to break the cycle of poverty by advancing education for underprivileged students, families and communities in need.
In the rural area of Siem Reap, students tend to live a very basic and simple life (some may describe it as a hard life). Nevertheless, their amazing dreams give them countless strength to strive for a better future. We at PeopleStories have the opportunity to get to know many of these fantastic students. To have a glimpse into student daily life, here is “A Day with Kongnov”. School for Life – Better in school, better in life! Email us at contact@PeopleStories.net to lead the change! School for Life - Better in school, better in life!
Our goal is to break the cycle of poverty by advancing education for underprivileged students, families and communities in need. PeopleStories is proud to form a partnership with Chear Smonn Secondary School in Cambodia. Let’s hear more about the school. *A government run school located in the rural area of Siem Reap (30km away from urban life) *Co-shares the school grounds with a primary school *4 classes from grade 7 to 9 *173 students, aged between 11 and 18 attend from the 5 nearby villages *93 female and 80 male students *Students mainly use bikes to commute or simply walk *6 teaching staff and principal Nika *Has a library and computer learning room that are not well equipped *1 of the 4 classrooms has walls made from dried leaves leafs as walls *25 students dropped out of school in 2017 Join us to support students from Chear Smonn Secondary School... stay connected for how to get involved! Email us at contact@peoplestories.net to lead the change.  School for Life - Better in school, better in life!
Education empowers people, families and communities to make a better future. So why does PeopleStories focus on education? Here’s why! -264 million out-of-school children and youth in the world (2015) In Cambodia alone (2015/16) ... -25% students dropped out of school when transitioning from junior secondary to high education -39.2% of students dropped out during grade12 -24.8% of junior secondary school students were over-age -School principals were 40.5 years old and had 21.9 years of service in average -32.5% of school had no toilets Join us to advance education with communities in need. Stay connected for how you can get involved. Email us at contact@peoplestories.net to lead the change. Reference: http://bit.ly/2DkqVy8 http://bit.ly/2FJLXLZ  School for Life - Better in school, better in life!
As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2018 campaign to ‘leave no woman behind’, we at PeopleStories want to celebrate Women’s achievements! We are proud to share some of the stories of the fantastic women we have encountered, and their determination to provide better education to the next generation. PeopleStories is delighted to support principal Nika to make her dream come true. Here is her story to refresh our inspirations. Proud to be young and a woman! "Being in the minority, I am one of the youngest, female school directors in Cambodia. I am 27 years old and have been a junior secondary school principle for 4 years. Some would describe my career success as a miracle, but I have been working extremely hard to get to where I am... When I was 8 years old, my father decided to leave us as he had got a new wife. So my mother had to raise me and my brother all on her own. I still remember the day when my mum told me to stop going to school as we were very poor, which I was only in Grade 5. I cried for a long time! I decided to pay for my own education and tried selling cakes to my classmates. But the school director found out and stopped me as there was already a canteen. So, I started selling in the market instead. My school results were always great and in the top 5. When I was young, my dream was to be a tour guide as I could earn lots of money and travel with tourists. Unfortunately, I could not afford to pay for the examination and license. So, I spent 2 years becoming a teacher. After a year of teaching, my school director promoted me as his secretary and further promoted me as the director after 2 years. Honestly, I was happy for the promotion yet scared at the same time as I was only 23! I face challenges with some teachers, which they don't follow my directions at times. However, I continue to work on our relationships and hope for better outcomes. My dream now is to help my students finishing high school and not dropping out, so that they can have a better future.” School for Life - Better in school, better in life!
PeopleStories is proud to hold a community workshop with families, community leaders, students and teachers at Chear Smonn school. Our goal is aligned! We are committed to help the under privileged students to complete school, ultimately break their cycle of poverty. We are grateful for principal Nika's leadership and everyone's support! Special thanks to the Temple group for their generous sponsorship of drinks. Stay connected for how you can also get involved! Email us at contact@peoplestories.net to get things started!  “School for Life” aims to empower students to complete school, ultimately breaking the cycle of poverty through greater employability and enabling a brighter future.
We are very excited to have formed a partnership with Chear Smonn Junior Secondary School in the rural area of Siem Reap, Cambodia. At PeopleStories we believe that education starts at home. Family and community play a key role in the upbringing of children. More importantly, their support and guidance are imperative to children remaining in school. Today, we are excited to be working together with those family and community members in addition to representatives from the Education Ministry, teachers and students in a collaborative ‘School for Life’ workshop. We look forward to hearing their personal stories and to understand how PeopleStories can help them achieve their dreams. Stay tuned for our videos and update... School for Life - Better in school, better in life! |
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